Baffler sound barrier for the scrapyard at Whittlesford

The parish council at Whittlesford voted in favour of the planning application from the scrapyard to put up a noise reducing sound barrier.
We want to understand more about the technical build and we want the environment officers to monitor this, from the district council, but this is a good step forward to reduce the noise from the business.
We also have the road swept now by the district - and trying to get the County to do something about the mud on the road.
 I have written to the police asking them to keep up their patrols in Station Road and we will also write to the transport commissioners about unsheeted loads leaving the yard.
 

Old Bill Update

Went to the Neighbourhood Policing Panel at Sawston, representing Whittlesford and also Thriplow. Main points from the meeting:
- police have issued 12 parking tickets in the first quarter of the year (Jan - Apr) in Station Road, Whittlesford and will continue to target (see pic at left taken following day);
- regarding over-loaded vehicles on Station Road police ask for information, even if it is that X type of lorry goes past at Y time on a certain day. Then the police say they will try to be there to witness the offence;
- 7 out of 21 offences in Whittlesford for the quarter were actually making off without payment offences from the two garages on the A505. Police say this type of offence is rising and they need to get on top of it;
- police will continue to patrol Heathfield near the Iceni building on late evenings -  I fed back that local residents had noticed the police patrols.

Interestingly, there were eight burglaries in Shelford area, then an arrest (in London) and suddenly, no burglaries. Police observation - crims. often choose to work the areas they know, time after time.

Mind how you go

Scrapheap challenge

Sleeting this afternoon, but never mind, onwards through snow and ice...
down to Station Road to talk to residents there about continued opposition to the scrapyard - which is trying to obtain a goods vehicle operators licence. I got the planning people at the district council to write continuing opposition to the grant of the licence, and I've dropped that off with people in Station Road so they can see what has been said.
I was pleased that the district used good robust reasons about the noise and the disruption caused - which is what the people living there say they have to put up with. We just have to keep the pressure on to prevent the scrapyard being even more of a disruption and misery to people than it is now.